The keystone advantage: what the new dynamics of business ecosystems mean for strategy, innovation, and sustainability
Summary. Companies operating in complex business networks can achieve long-term success by adopting a keystone strategy—actively maintaining ecosystem health rather than competing narrowly. Drawing from biological ecosystems, the authors argue that firms protecting their entire network's wellbeing simultaneously secure their own survival and competitive advantage.
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(2005). The keystone advantage: what the new dynamics of business ecosystems mean for strategy, innovation, and sustainability. Choice Reviews Online. https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.42-5360
“The keystone advantage: what the new dynamics of business ecosystems mean for strategy, innovation, and sustainability.” Choice Reviews Online, 2005. https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.42-5360.
2005. “The keystone advantage: what the new dynamics of business ecosystems mean for strategy, innovation, and sustainability.” Choice Reviews Online. https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.42-5360.
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- DOI
- 10.5860/choice.42-5360
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- innovation-networks, innovation-theory, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28